Rowan Nicks

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George Rowan Nicks OBE FRACS FRCS AO (24 February 1913 - 26 May 2011) was a New Zealand surgeon. [1] [2] The Rowan Nicks Fellowships and Scholarships are awarded in his name by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. [3]

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References

  1. "Nicks, Rowan - Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. Masterton, John; Morgan, and Brian (5 September 2011). "George Rowan Nicks AO, OBE, MD(Honoris Causa), FRCS, FRACS". The Medical Journal of Australia. 195 (5): 294. doi: 10.5694/mja11.10759 .
  3. "RACS". www.surgeons.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.